Flour and Wheat Prices Rise in Mixed Market
Flour advances half a dollar with a fifty cent barrel mill price rise. Wheat closes near steady at 1.72. Hog prices steady except pigs demoralized. cattle and poultry markets show light receipts and firm tendencies. Turkey inflows continue. Louisville stock markets report pigs weak, hogs uneven with leading prices fluctuating. Produce items record modest gains in bees and butter with poultry stable. Furs show varied regional trading ranges.
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Seur
Bourton Stock Journal
the Herald
Woisville
Flour and grain and meat markets quoted prices
Prices paid by wholesalers to farmers for wheat flour corn and meat items. Wheat No 2 wagons 1.60. Flour best patent 9.00 second 8.50 bran 32 per ton middlings 36 per ton. Corn per barrel 4.60. Hams 20c shoulders 16c to 8c lard 16c to 18c. Seed and produce prices include barley 70c 95c, rye 1.55 1.60, crimson clover 8.76 9.00, red clover seed 12, alsike 12, timothy 3.60, red top 12 c per pound, blue grass 1.75, orchard grass 2.50, Burt oats 60c, Irish potatoes 4 per bag, bananas 2.00 2.50 per bunch, lemons 6.00 per box.
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Alsyke
Adrian Farm and Poultry Fence Advertises Limited Stock
Large stock of Adrian Farm and Poultry Fence offered by Martin Vaughan Co on K Street. Order now as another avati ce is planned soon.
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Adrian
K Street
Martin & Vaughan Co
Maury Countian Dies in Arizona
James English, 32, son of W. J. English and former Cross Bridges resident, died of pneumonia at his Phoenix home. Survived by wife and one child. He lived in Be west twelve years and had extensive western county ties, nephew of Thomas J. English of Cross Bridges.
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James English
W. J. English
Cross Bridges
Phoenix
Arizona
Be West
Thomas J. English
Ches-Davis Show Owner Joe Voorhies Back Home in Riverside
Joe Voorhies of the Ches-Davis Musical Review, visiting his parents in Riverside, owns part of the show and will rejoin in Oklahoma City around year’s start. He rose from minor roles to company owner as the group tours the country, praised for its music and lead in the quartet.
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Joe Voorhies
The
Ches-Davis Musical Review
Riverside
Voorhies
Oklahoma City
Columbia
Ches-Davis
Mr. Voorhies
Wilson names Shipping Board in new federal appointments
President Wilson on December 26 named five men to the Shipping Board William Denman Bernard N Baker John A Donald John Barber White and Theodore Brent all from major cities The board will supervise freight rates in American waters and organize a 50 million dollar shipbuilding or purchasing corporation Ships built or bought may be leased or chartered by private interests but can be operated by the government if needed Also contains a comic exchange about a sculptor nicknamed Wombat and a joke about carving a turkey
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Washington
Wilson
Shipping Board
William Denman
San Francisco
Bernard N Baker
Baltimore
John _A Donald
New York
John Barber White
Kansas City
Theodore Brent
New Orleans
Sheriff Griffin Seeks Population Based Prison Feeding Pay
Sheriff Griffin argues for a county population based pay scale for feeding prisoners, criticizing current high “key fees” in Davidson, Shelby, Hamilton, and Knox. He cites vetoes by Governors Patterson, Hooper, and Rye and presses Representatives Russell and English to back a constitutional bill to equalize sheriff pay across counties.
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Herald
Sheriff Griffin
Patterson
Hooper
Davidson
Shelby
Hamlton
Knox
Russell
English
Lewis County
Lawrence County
Rye
Tennessee Faces Million Dollar Revenue Deficit
At a state taxation conference in Nashville officials including Comptroller Thomason and Treasurer Dunlap warned Tennessee faces a deficit of one million dollars. They outlined declines in county receipts and the loss of liquor tax revenue and said the state must raise an additional million in the next two years. The meeting, chaired by Governor Rye, gathered lawmakers and officials from major cities to seek relief measures.
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Herald
Nashville
Tenma
Dunlap
Thomason
Tennessee
O. K. Holladay
Cookeville
George H. Milton
Chattanooga
Wallace McClure
Knoxville
Emil Wassman
E. E. Adams
Lebanon
Frank Spurlock
J. E. Edgerton
Joseph H. Thompson
Thad A. Cox
Johnson City
C. C. Gilbert
Thomas R. Preston
R. H. Anderson
Memphis
Porter Dunlap
John B. Thomason
J. J. Lynch
Leo Goodman
W. P. Cooper
Frank West
Charles McCabe
T. B. Caldwell
Frank M. Thompson
W. L. Granberry
B. A. Enloe
Railroad Commission
Rye
C. B. McCabe
Maury council to install Junior Order officers tonight
Officers recently elected by the Maury council of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics will be installed at a council meeting tonight. All members are urged to attend.
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Maury Council
Order of United American Mechanics
Turkey Turning to Roast and Soup in Week of Feasts
A humorous verse chronicles a turkey arriving for Christmas with host and diners feasting. The tale shifts through a day of fricasee hash and dash to the finish, ending with the turkey found in the soup as a dismal week concludes.
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Mitch
Death Benefit Paid to Late H L McGowan by Junior Order
Dr Braly, secretary of the local Junior Order, paid $500 to Henry Fulton as executor of the late H L McGowan, the death benefit due to the late member. The excerpt includes dialogue about a brief bag, reflecting a humorous scene.
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Dr. Braly
Henry 0. Fulton
H. L. Mc Gowan
Liverymen of Columbia Announce Hitching Price Increase
Liverymen in Columbia notify that starting January 1 prices rise due to higher rent and labor costs. Hitching a single horse will cost 15 cents, a double team 25 cents, and a saddle horse 10 cents. Monthly rates: two dollars for a buggy, two and a half dollars for hacks. Signatories include Walter L. Fraser and R. F. Moore & Son.
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Columbia
Walter L. Fraser
R. F. Moore
Cold Wave 10 Follows Heavy County Rain
Rain fell heavily last night in the county with creeks and the river rising. A colder day is expected tomorrow with sunshine promised. The cold wave was delayed on the road and will not arrive in full force tonight. A noticeable drop in temperature occurred by noon, and thunder and lightning accompanied Wednesday night’s rain.
Carbide in Stock for All Acetylene Machines
St Street Martin and Vaughan Co offers carbide suitable for a wide range of acetylene gas machines stocked in their inventory.
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St Street
Martin & Vaughan Co
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Wilson Names Shipping Board
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